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Some 30,000 Could Rally in Cologne on July 31 Against Failed Turkish Coup

© AFP 2023 / Daniel Reinhardt / dpaThis file photo taken on April 10, 2016 shows Police cordonning protesters during a "Peace March for Turkey" organized by the new German Turkish Committee in Hamburg
This file photo taken on April 10, 2016 shows Police cordonning protesters during a Peace March for Turkey organized by the new German Turkish Committee in Hamburg - Sputnik International
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About 30,000 could take to the streets of the western German city of Cologne on Sunday protesting against the recent coup attempt in Turkey, local media reported Friday.

Flags of Turkey, left, and the European Union fly over the dome of a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) On July 15, an attempted coup took place in Turkey, and was suppressed by the following day.

Thousands of people were expected to rally in Cologne under the slogan "For freedom — against oppression, for democracy — against coup," the German newspaper Zeit reported citing police estimates.

According to the newspaper, a number of counter-demonstrations are also expected in Cologne, including the one organized by the Kurdish community.

The Turkish authorities have arrested over 13,000 people following the failed coup attempt, 10,000 of those were members of the Turkish military. Over 240 people were killed during the coup attempt and an estimated 2,000 were wounded.

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